Demonstration of a method for assessing semantic organization and category membership in individuals with autism spectrum disorders and receptive vocabulary limitations

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 242-257

  Wilkinson, Krista M ^a   Rosenquist, Celia ^b  

^a EMERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

AAC display design; Matching to Sample (MTS); Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DEMONSTRATIONS; SEMANTICS;

AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION; DISPLAY DESIGN; MATCHING TO SAMPLE; MENTAL RETARDATION;

COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR NONVOCAL PERSONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33947164084     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: 14773848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434610600650375     Document Type: Article

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